The past two years have seen Germany's population fall, with 2025's drop projected to be the second largest decrease since 1950. The largest single-year increase came in 2015, in the midst of the Syrian refugee crisis, where over one million Syrians eventually settled in Germany.
Germany: annual population growth from 1950 to 2025
(compared to previous year)
Characteristic
Population change compared to previous year
2025
-0.79%
2024
-0.34%
2023
0.35%
2022
0.75%
2021
0.18%
2020
-0.02%
2019
0.18%
2018
0.28%
2017
0.36%
2016
0.47%
2015
1.19%
2014
0.52%
2013
0.3%
2012
0.01%
2011
0.14%
2010
-0.07%
2009
-0.19%
2008
-0.24%
2007
-0.22%
2006
-0.77%
2005
-0.07%
2004
-0.04%
2003
-0.01%
2002
0.11%
2001
0.21%
2000
0.12%
1999
0.17%
1998
-0.99%
1997
0.06%
1996
0.24%
1995
0.35%
1994
0.25%
1993
0.45%
1992
0.91%
1991
0.66%
1990
0.83%
1989
0.93%
1988
0.64%
1987
0.18%
1986
0.17%
1985
-0.02%
1984
-0.33%
1983
-0.25%
1982
-0.18%
1981
0.04%
1980
0.29%
1979
0.13%
1978
-0.05%
1977
-0.13%
1976
-0.33%
1975
-0.53%
1974
-0.22%
1973
0.29%
1972
0.33%
1971
0.62%
1970
-0.26%
1969
0.93%
1968
0.67%
1967
0.24%
1966
0.7%
1965
0.99%
1964
0.74%
1963
0.9%
1962
0.98%
1961
0.7%
1960
0.85%
1959
0.73%
1958
0.79%
1957
0.91%
1956
0.43%
1955
0.36%
1954
0.29%
1953
0.19%
1952
0.12%
1951
0.01%
1950
-0.2%
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). (October 24, 2024). Germany: annual population growth from 1950 to 2025 (compared to previous year) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/939388/population-growth-in-germany/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). "Germany: annual population growth from 1950 to 2025 (compared to previous year)." Chart. October 24, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939388/population-growth-in-germany/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). (2024). Germany: annual population growth from 1950 to 2025 (compared to previous year). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939388/population-growth-in-germany/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). "Germany: Annual Population Growth from 1950 to 2025 (Compared to Previous Year)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/939388/population-growth-in-germany/
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Germany: annual population growth from 1950 to 2025 (compared to previous year) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/939388/population-growth-in-germany/ (last visited June 06, 2025)
Germany: annual population growth from 1950 to 2025 (compared to previous year) [Graph], United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), October 24, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/939388/population-growth-in-germany/
